Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'law' occurs 842 times in the standard works.

451 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'law' in the standard works and contain 53.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 185 minutes to read the entire list.

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Rom. 2:12-27 (21 in 16 verses)

Rom. 7:1-16 (16 in 16 verses)

2 Ne. 25:24-26:1 (14 in 8 verses)

Mosiah 13:27-32 (12 in 6 verses)

Rom. 7:21-8:7 (12 in 12 verses)

Alma 42:17-23 (10 in 7 verses)

D&C 88:34-42 (10 in 9 verses)

D&C 132:58-66 (10 in 9 verses)

2 Ne. 2:5-13 (9 in 9 verses)

1 Cor. 9:20-21 (8 in 2 verses)

Gal. 3:17-24 (8 in 8 verses)

D&C 88:21-25 (7 in 5 verses)

Ruth 2:18-3:1 (7 in 7 verses)

3 Ne. 15:4-10 (7 in 7 verses)

Alma 25:15-16 (6 in 2 verses)

Rom. 3:19-21 (6 in 3 verses)

D&C 74:2-5 (6 in 4 verses)

Mosiah 12:28-32 (6 in 5 verses)

Gal. 2:16-21 (6 in 6 verses)

Alma 30:7-12 (6 in 6 verses)

Rom. 4:13-16 (5 in 4 verses)

Gal. 3:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Alma 51:2-5 (5 in 4 verses)

D&C 98:5-8 (5 in 4 verses)

Rom. 3:27-31 (5 in 5 verses)

James 2:8-12 (5 in 5 verses)

Alma 1:14-18 (5 in 5 verses)

Luke 12:53 (4 in 1 verse)

James 4:11 (4 in 1 verse)

Alma 62:9-10 (4 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 9:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 10:26-28 (4 in 3 verses)

Alma 11:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 12:17-19 (4 in 3 verses)

D&C 119:4-6 (4 in 3 verses)

Ex. 18:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

Ex. 18:12-15 (4 in 4 verses)

Josh. 8:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Mal. 2:6-9 (4 in 4 verses)

Alma 34:11-14 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 42:84-87 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 132:31-34 (4 in 4 verses)

Ruth 1:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Rom. 9:31-32 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 4:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Mosiah 3:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 19:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ruth 1:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 4:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 18:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 8:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Dan. 9:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Tim. 1:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Alma 1:32-2:1 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 6:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Moro. 8:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 41:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 132:17-19 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 6:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 7:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 1:2 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 28:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezek. 43:12 (2 in 1 verse)

Micah 7:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 10:35 (2 in 1 verse)

John 7:19 (2 in 1 verse)

John 19:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 23:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Rom. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Gal. 4:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Heb. 7:28 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 3:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 30:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 9:5 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 24:17 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 42:59 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 58:36 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Num. 5:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 17:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 19:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Ruth 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 18:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 31:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 34:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 8:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 10:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 5:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 16:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 10:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 6:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Cor. 9:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 5:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Philip. 3:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Heb. 7:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 10:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 6:29-30 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 43:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 98:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 105:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 130:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 132:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 134:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 300 36 336
Gen. 10 2 12
Ex. 19 3 22
Lev. 18 1 19
Num. 11 1 12
Deut. 24 2 26
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 7 0 7
Ruth 19 0 19
1 Sam. 10 0 10
1 Kgs. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 11 0 11
1 Chr. 4 0 4
2 Chr. 17 0 17
Ezra 9 2 11
Neh. 21 2 23
Esth. 5 3 8
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 38 3 41
Prov. 14 0 14
Isa. 11 3 14
Jer. 12 0 12
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 5 10 15
Dan. 7 3 10
Hosea 3 0 3
Amos 1 0 1
Micah 3 0 3
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 1 0 1
Hag. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 1 2
Mal. 5 0 5
NT 223 46 269
BM 185 49 234
DC 132 68 200
PGP 2 2 4
TOTAL 842 201 1043

Ezek. 7:26
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.

Ezek. 22:11
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

Ezek. 22:26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezek. 43:12
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.